[Frontier]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Between Aizen and Saki R/B has some of the New Generation's best villains.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Indeed.

And Leugoctye had one of the best Final Boss designs.

[GuardianAngel87]

And Tregear is a very good villain for the heroes to go up against in R/B’s very own post-series movie.

[SHINOBI03]

Started Ultraman Geed. Had a small taste of the series thanks to Z and the various Chronicle episodes and still the most series I was looking forward to explore.

[GuardianAngel87]

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Originally Posted by SHINOBI03

Started Ultraman Geed. Had a small taste of the series thanks to Z and the various Chronicle episodes and still the most series I was looking forward to explore.

Z is also my first exposure to Geed and I finally got around to watching this series earlier this year. Hope you have fun with the show just as much as I have.

Incidentally, I inexplicably started on watching Ultraman: Toward The Future/Ultraman Great on YouTube.

[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel87

Incidentally, I inexplicably started on watching Ultraman: Toward The Future/Ultraman Great on YouTube.

One of the entries I'm hoping Mill Creek finally secured the rights to. The renewed deal which got them Taiga apparently doesn't end with Taiga, so I have some hope that Great and Powered will finally get some renewed recognition.

[Sunred]

Is everybody hyped for Arc?

[ZeroWolf]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Is everybody hyped for Arc?

I am, though I'm not completely sold on the dub voices yet
, but they could still grow on me. Surprised Tsuburaya went to the trouble of setting up an English account for the dub given how they handled Blazar

[GuardianAngel87]

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Is everybody hyped for Arc?

Of course. I am rather cautiously optimistic about this upcoming series and, like with Blazar, I am planning to watch Arc both in Japanese and in English.

[Frontier]

I didn't expect us to start off an Ultra show in media res with the Ultra already active and fighting Kaiju, complete with battling against Not!Zetton, Gomora, and Red King in found footage!

Definitely some mystery to explore with why our dedicated and affable protagonist Yuma ended up bonded with Ultraman Arc and exactly what he is besides childhood scribbles Yuma came up with. Are we going to see an origin episode and possibly what happened on K-Day?

The OP is pretty fun and upbeat, fitting the vibe of this show, and interesting touch to actually feature footage of the episode during the OP along with all the usual Ultra OP stuff like the new Kaiju, form changes, etc. I really like the ending with SKIP dashing forward alongside Arc.

There were seven Kaiju that appeared on K-Day? Are they all dead? It sounds like the Space Kaiju is and the only thing left of it is the monohorn.

Imagine biking right past a news broadcast that's technically about you!

SKIP is not an Attack Team, they are not meant to be fighting Kaiju, merely respond to, investigate, and handle the fallout of Kaiju. Which I guess is Attack Team-ish, but more supportive than offensive. Plus, we have a robot that answers phone calls!

I wish I had a boss that was also Abare Red. Ban seems like an easygoing but committed boss and Rin also seems like a cute and nice senior member.

Shagong, The Armored Kaiju (I was worried for a second he wasn't going to get the typical Kaiju intro)! I almost felt bad for him that it was the Oo-ze that was driving him to attack and not of his own free will, though it sounds like Shagong's are normally problems. Watch out for that popping head, acid, and armor spikes!

PiBody having it's tongue out when YouPi is YouBot is...something. Is it supposed to be like a dog waiting for it's master...?

Ishido is a professional and serious GDP official...and he also takes his coffee VERY seriously. Honestly I was as surprised as he was that they didn't have ANY kind of coffee. Dude looked like he was about to have a panic attack.

I sense some friction between SKIP and the GDP...which I guess Ishido is meant to resolve.

Are those actual bonafide new tank miniatures!?

Ah, the classic "somebody around the protagonist gets knocked unconscious so they can transform." They even did the "Oiiii!" when the protagonist runs to his team after the fight is over!

Arc has a very pleasant voice.

I like how the transformation device just pops up out of his chest and Arc embraces him when they transform.

Imagine an Ultra fight told entirely through camera footage ala the 24/7 Xio episode in X. Some of the camera angles were a little...impossible, but still cool. I also like how there were actually people in the miniature buildings for once.

That's using your imagination! Breaking the barrier and stabbing Shagong with it to open it up for an Ultra Beam and then finishing Oo-ze off with the sword! Arc/Yuma have definitely got style!

Z flew off with a Z, Arc flies off with an arc! That's how he got his name! One of the rare instances where someone other than the protagonist names their Ultra identity.

I KNEW Ishido was going to be bringing the coffee maker with him.

The ED is pretty fun and makes you want to bust a move. I also like how instead of just doing the usual ED recap they have YouPi come out to show footage to justify the recap.

[Daikaijuman54]

Boy, I need to be active here more...

But anyway, as much as I miss Ultraman Blazar and its cast, I'm definitely looking forward to Ultraman Arc! And so far, it's been off to a great start!

It's nice to see more new Kaiju moving forward, but I like how in the case of Blazar, the monsters were almost Heisei-esque, Arc's rogue's gallery seems to be more Showa inspired, which I'm all for! It's also interesting how this isn't the first time Ultraman Arc has appeared in this show, which I thought for sure was not going to be the case here, but that along with the setting around the Kaiju definitely have me intrigued.

But perhaps my favorite bit here is that fight scene was around three minutes, which is just *chef's kiss* perfection! And the little in-building shots made it even better.

The opening probably doesn't top Blazar's but it's enjoyable, and the ending is particularly grooving. Overall, again, I think Arc is off to a great start so far!

(I will talk about some of the stuff shown off in the trailers as the show progresses, but I'm definitely looking forward to it)